Although all the Hosokawa pirates on the coast were captured by the Lingnan Army, there are still remnants of Hosokawa on Nanwan Island. If they are not completely captured, they may revive and harass the people.
Moreover, many officials of Jiaxing Prefecture were in collusion with pirates. Allowing such officials to continue to serve as the governor of a prefecture would actually harm the people.
After discussing with Yu Qizhe, Gu Yun decided to rectify the officialdom in Jiaxing, wipe out the remnants of the Hosokawa pirates and two other pirate forces on Nanwan Island, and then bring the wanted criminals back to Beijing.
So Gu Yun led 50,000 Lingnan troops straight into Jiaxing City, surrounded the government office, arrested all the officials, and had them tried separately by Yu Qizhe, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. Anyone who had any connection with the pirates was imprisoned and would be dealt with later.
After finishing all these, Yu Qizhe wrote another memorial briefly describing what happened in Jiaxing, and sent someone to deliver it to the post station, which was then sent to the capital at full speed.
After Yu Jiao entered the city, she used the thousand-year-old ginseng found by Yu Qizhe to keep Cheng Ying alive, and used the method of raising yang and consolidating the body to relieve his hemorrhagic shock. However, for some reason, Cheng Ying never woke up.
She hadn't slept all night and had experienced such a heart-wrenching struggle. Her tears hardly dried all night. She had already exhausted all her strength, but she was just holding on.
Cheng Ying's condition finally stabilized. When she stood up, her vision went dark and she almost fainted. Fortunately, Jianjia supported her in time.
"Madam, please go to sleep for a while. I will stay here with Governor Cheng and call you if there is any movement." Jianjia hurriedly persuaded.
Yu Jiao recovered from the dizziness and said, "Don't worry, go ask the government office when the son-in-law will be back."
She was concerned about the wound on Yu Qizhe's chest. When they were at the beach, the medicinal materials were scarce and she only had gold medicine in her hand, and she had not bandaged his wound properly.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade her, Jianjia had no choice but to go to the government office.
Yu Qizhe was extremely busy. Many of the officials in Jiaxing, from the prefect to the county government officials, had colluded with pirates. It was really rotten from top to bottom. Lu Jin was sent by him to Linjiang Prefecture to look for Bai Lu, who had not returned with the borrowed troops. In addition, they had to discuss the deployment of how to wipe out the remnants of Hosokawa and the other two pirate gangs. Yu Qizhe and Gu Yun were so busy that they hardly had time to drink tea.
After hearing Jianjia say that Yu Jiao was concerned about his injury and was reluctant to rest, Yu Qizhe still took the time to return to the house.
He knew that if he didn't go back, she would never be able to sleep well.
After Yu Qizhe entered the room, he saw Yu Jiao wiping her wet hair that was scattered behind her. She was wearing a skirt and seemed to have just taken a bath.
Hearing footsteps, she looked up with a happy look on her face: "Are you back?"
Yu Qizhe responded, walked to her side, took the towel from her hand, and wiped her wet hair that was like black satin.
"Stop it, let me take a look at your injury first." Yu Jiao wanted to get up, but was stopped by Yu Qizhe. He said softly, "The injury has been treated with medicine, it's nothing serious. If you don't dry your hair, you will have a headache when you wake up."
Seeing that he treated her the same as before and seemed to really not care about what happened last night, Yu Jiao's anxious heart finally settled down.
She leaned back, changed into a more comfortable position, leaned on Yu Qizhe, and let him help her wipe her hair.
"Yu Qizhe." She called him softly, twisting her sleeves with her fingers before she made up her mind, "Do you want to know about my... past life?"
Yu Qizhe paused while wiping her hair and asked her gently, "Do you want to say something?"
Yu Jiao held his hand to hide her nervousness, "I don't want to hide anything from you anymore and create unnecessary estrangement."
Yu Qizhe wrapped his palm around hers. Yu Jiao felt safe from his action. She said slowly, "I used to live in another world. I lost my parents when I was born. I grew up with my grandfather. Our family is considered a medical family. My grandfather is an excellent doctor. I have been learning medicine from him since I was a child. Cheng Ying, also known as Fu Chuan, is my grandfather's student."
Speaking of Cheng Ying, Yu Jiao paused, looked up at Yu Qizhe, and seeing that his expression was calm, she continued, "So I met him when I was very young, and I always called him Senior Brother. He used to be gentle and kind, and treated me very well. He was the person closest to me besides my grandfather."
Noticing that Yu Qizhe's grip on her hand had tightened a bit, Yu Jiao pursed her lips and comforted him, "I have always regarded him as my own brother. In my previous life, he never showed me anything beyond brotherly love..." At this point, Yu Jiao did not hide, "Maybe I am slow and never noticed it."
"When my grandfather passed away, I was heartbroken. My senior brother took care of all matters related to my grandfather's funeral. After losing my grandfather, my senior brother became my only relative, so I relied on him a lot. After I finished my studies, my senior brother arranged for me to work in his hospital. He took good care of me both in work and in life."
Yu Jiao was unwilling to brush aside all the kindness her senior brother had shown her against her will. Since she had decided to tell Yu Qizhe about the past, she didn't want to be vague and make him suspicious.
"A hospital is a place similar to a clinic, which is dedicated to treating patients." Yu Jiao explained, "In our place, men and women are equal. As long as they are willing, they can work and earn money to support themselves."
Yu Qizhe took her hand and brought it to his lips, touching it lightly. "Go on."
"What happened later..." Yu Jiao bit her lip.
Noticing that her body was trembling slightly, Yu Qizhe hugged her from behind.
Yu Jiao closed her eyes. She still didn't want to recall the bloody scene. Whenever she mentioned that incident, the warm blood splattered everywhere seemed to rush towards her, as well as the cold and sharp machete waving around.
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